“George Mueller, the founder of a great Christian orphanage work in England in the 1800’s, was a powerful man of prayer. He knew the importance of keeping at prayer evne when the answer seemed delayed. When he was young he began praying that two of his friends might be saved. He prayed for them for more than sixty years. One of the men was converted shortly before his death at what was probably the last service Mueller held. The other was saved within a year of his death.” What do you think would have happened had Mueller given up.

SOURCE: James Montgomery Boice, "The Parables of Jesus." Chicago: Moody Press, 1983, p. 158. Quoted by John Hamby in "Persistent Prayer" on www.sermoncentral.com.

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